amadavatn.

/ˌæmədəˈvæt/

Forms: Also amaduvad, avadavat, avvadavat.

Etymology: The name in various Indian languages, being itself a corruption of Ahmadābād, name of a town in Goojerat. Col. Yule.

An Indian song-bird ( Estrilda amandava), brown in colour with white spots.

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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 116 In Amidavad small Birds, who..Fifty in a cage, make an admirable Chorus.]

1740 E. Albin Suppl. Nat. Hist. Birds 72 (heading) Amaduvad.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal v. i. 61 Some trifling presents..such as shawls, avadavats, and Indian crackers.

1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. I. iii. 47 Amadavads, and other songsters, are brought thither [sc. Bombay] from Surat.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xiii. 49 The Bengali baboos make the pretty little males of the amadavat..fight together.

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. iii. 34 Avvadavats, Japanese sparrows, lovebirds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011).

单词	amadavat
释义	amadavatn. /ˌæmədəˈvæt/ Forms: Also amaduvad, avadavat, avvadavat. Etymology: The name in various Indian languages, being itself a corruption of Ahmadābād, name of a town in Goojerat. Col. Yule. An Indian song-bird ( Estrilda amandava), brown in colour with white spots. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > amandava amandava (amadavat) amadavat1740 tiger-finch1900 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 116 In Amidavad small Birds, who..Fifty in a cage, make an admirable Chorus.] 1740 E. Albin Suppl. Nat. Hist. Birds 72 (heading) Amaduvad. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal v. i. 61 Some trifling presents..such as shawls, avadavats, and Indian crackers. 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. I. iii. 47 Amadavads, and other songsters, are brought thither [sc. Bombay] from Surat. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xiii. 49 The Bengali baboos make the pretty little males of the amadavat..fight together. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. iii. 34 Avvadavats, Japanese sparrows, lovebirds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < n.1740
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